Paying the price of arrogance is how best this platform can describe the fate that befell the ex-president of Gabon -Mr. Alain Bernard Bongo (best known now as Ali Bongo Ondimba). In the early hours of Wednesday 30 August 2023, the world woke up to the news of a military takeover in Gabon. At 4.00h…
Negotiations: The Paradigms of Human Interaction.
So many factors come into consideration when people meet to negotiate. As discussed in the previous topic about Negotiation Styles in the Corporate Setting, we adopted the definition according to Lesly Stolz which is; Negotiation is the process of evolving communication from opposition, to consensus, managing conflict and reaching an agreement. The ultimate goal when…
Old Age and Wisdom, No Longer Bedfellows?
In the wake of recent developments on the geopolitical landscape within the ECOWAS and the Sahel regions of Africa as a whole, this platform opines that the age-old adage that old age is accompanied by wisdom no longer holds true. In fact, the opposite is true, old age is now apparently associated with senility, especially…
A New World Order, Africa’s Way?
When one takes a look at Africa from the shores of Conakry in Guinea right up to Port Sudan in East Africa, there is a story that is being told across the Sahel region and the root causes of that story’s uncomfortable story are not difficult to find. There is a revolt against the so-called…
Major Christian Denominations- Do All Roads Still Lead to Rome?
Religion is widely believed to be a matter of faith and there is only one true and living God, so what explains the current proliferation of several denominations of the same Christian church when all are purportedly striving to seek the face of the same God? This is a difficult question and undoubtedly one to…
African Diplomats to the Rescue?
Last weekend four African leaders went to Eastern Europe precisely in Poland, Ukraine and Russia in an attempt to persuade Messrs Putin and Zelensky to end their fratricidal war which apparently is taking a devastating toll on the world’s economy. Whilst any effort by any mediator or peacemaker to end a conflict anywhere is a…
This World Is Not Our Own.
The change you seek will not be complete without you. In an article published in Metro news on 24th May 2023, the Director General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) is quoted as saying during the beginning of the WHO General Assembly that the” World should prepare for a disease deadlier than Covid”.In the light…
Negotiation Styles in the Corporate Setting
“Effective negotiation is 90% attitude and 10% technique” When the topic of negotiation comes up, it is usually attributed to the people in the Marketing and Sales department of a company or firm. In extreme instances, people in leadership, management, and the directorate require such skills. However, the art of effective negotiation should be a…
Bastardizing Democracy
The bastardisation of democracy refers to the corruption or degradation of democratic principles and values. The canker can manifest itself in many ways, such as when politicians spew out mischievous phrases like “the will of the people ” or “the people have spoken” to delegitimize their opponents. Clearly, such utterances imply that if you disagree…
A Scandal- How Sinful?
According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, a circumstance or action that offends propriety or established moral conceptions or disgraces those associated with it is generally known as a scandal.Samuel Johnson, in his 1755 dictionary also defined a scandal as: “Offense given by the faults of others.” But the earliest meaning of ‘scandal’ was “the discredit brought…
The Attitude Effect 